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Running on little sleep, students rely on naps to get through the day

12Jan

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Running on little sleep, students rely on naps to get through the day

Lydia Chapman Senior Reporter On a gray Tuesday afternoon, Zackary VandenBosch wakes up in a panic. For a moment, he’s sure he’s slept through class. His heart is pounding, the room looks wrong, and outside his window it’s already pitch black. The clock on his laptop reads 5:30 p.m., but after a post time change nap, it feels like 2 a.m. “I thought I’d slept like six hours,” he says, laughing. “I got on my computer and started trying to do an assignment. Then I looked down and realized it had only been an hour and a half.” For the senior nursing major and RA, naps like these aren’t indulgences, they’re a survival strategy. VandenBosch naps almost every day, usually for an hour or two, squeezed somewhere between early-morning clinicals, late-night RA duties, and the whirl of ...

Trevecca Students Bring New Joy to Tower Resident Through Weekly Hymns

11Dec

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Trevecca Students Bring New Joy to Tower Resident Through Weekly Hymns

Halie Lictao Staff Writer Every Wednesday, 19-year-old Kendall Brown sings hymns with 74-year-old Jerry Scivally at the Trevecca Towers. “It’s the staple of my week,” said Brown, a Trevecca sophomore religion major. About a month ago, Brown went to a game night at the Towers. But instead of playing games, he, Scivally, and another student started singing together. Now he goes every week. Previously a reserved individual, Brown seized to put himself out there when he approached Scivally that night. The next hours were filled with songs and rich conversation. “He had the hymn book sitting on the table and that’s obviously something he’s very passionate about so he started talking about it, flipping through pages, and telling me a lot of stories that revolv...

11Dec

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Peggy Cooning Retires After 19 Years of Advancing Trevecca’s Mission

Jasmin Enriquez Martinez Features Editor Peggy Cooning watched her parents scrimp and save every penny so she could afford college, never spending on themselves. Now, after 19 years of fundraising at Trevecca, she’s spent her career giving students a chance at an education. Peggy Cooning and her team during Homecoming / Photo provided by Peggy Cooning “College was super important for my parents to support because I wanted to do it, and they did a lot of sacrificial things to allow me to come to college,” said Cooning, vice president for university engagement. Cooning will retire on Dec. 12 as vice president of university engagement, ending a 45-year career. Since arriving at Trevecca in 2007, she’s overseen the university’s fundraising, community engagement, events ...

Surrounded but Not Known: Students Confront Campus Disconnection

5Dec

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Surrounded but Not Known: Students Confront Campus Disconnection

Lydia Chapman Senior Reporter Every morning on her way to class, Abby Ehrsam, a junior social work major, waves to people she recognizes, classmates from past semesters, faces from the dining hall, and the coffee line. They smile, exchange a quick “Hey, how are you?” and keep walking. By the end of the day, she’s talked to plenty of people, yet something still feels missing. “You just say hi to be nice,” she said. “You want someone to talk to, but you don’t want more than that.” Ehrsam calls them her “almost friends.” It’s not loneliness; instead, it’s the feeling of being connected but not close, known but not really known. For many college students, that phrase hits uncomfortably close to home. At first glance, college campuses seem like the perfect environment for c...

Reporting, Serving, Leading: Michelle Loria Alvarado Honored with Dr. Nina Griggs Gunter Scholarship

4Dec

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Reporting, Serving, Leading: Michelle Loria Alvarado Honored with Dr. Nina Griggs Gunter Scholarship

Maven McGregory Senior Reporter Michelle Loria Alvarado with award and certificate / TrevEchoes – Parker Henningsen At 14, Michelle Loria Alvarado moved to the U.S. from Venezuela, and though she spoke no English, she had high hopes for her future. She was a junior in high school during the COVID shutdown. She used this time to focus on mastering English. “When everybody was at their homes, I took that time to perfect my English. I listened to music in English, putting everything in my home in English, and reading more often in English,” said Loria Alvarado. Today, the senior Multimedia Journalism major is the executive editor of the student newspaper, the president of the National Society of Leadership and Success and now the 2025 recipient of the Nina ...

BizCrush becomes Trevecca’s first official business club after a year of independent work

3Dec

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BizCrush becomes Trevecca’s first official business club after a year of independent work

Maven McGregory Senior Reporter A new club on campus offers students real-life skills and experiences to help prepare them professionally. After unofficially operating on their own for a year, BizCrush was officially approved by Trevecca’s Student Government Association this semester as the first official business club. Danny Saweres, Ryan Pimentel, Jordan Voorhees, Sandro Pirtskhalava, and Katie Moll initiated the club to serve students by helping them build their networks and transitioning them from students to professionals. “We are the first business club. We're also the first club to really begin and solidify itself without any help, without officialness,” said Voorhees, BizCrush treasurer. Many students wanted practical experience to b...

New student clubs at Trevecca offer creative, professional and service-focused outlets

26Nov

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New student clubs at Trevecca offer creative, professional and service-focused outlets

Keturah Tobias Senior Reporter From a photography club to a leatherworking club, four new student-led clubs are now on Trevecca’s campus, offering more connections and creative spaces. The four new clubs were approved by Trevecca’s Student Government Association, known as SGA: BizCrush, Photography, Practical Faith, and Leatherworking Club. These clubs were established in response to student interest. BizCrush, created by Ryan Pimentel and Dany Saweres, a former Trevecca student, is a club that helps students enhance their college experiences by preparing them for professional life after graduation. They also assist students with reviewing resumes and they are partnered with Career Development. “We decided to provide students with opportunities to learn, grow, and find...

Game day rituals: Trevecca athletes find focus through routine and faith

26Nov

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Sports

Game day rituals: Trevecca athletes find focus through routine and faith

Natalia Bowles Senior Reporter Volleyball player Skias Hanline said her pre-game routine starts with one simple but meaningful habit. “I have to have the same hair tie in my hair,” Hanline said. “I’ve been doing that for the last two years, same hair tie.” Volleyball player Skias Hanline pulling her hair back with her special hair tie. / TrevEchoes - Natalia Bowles Trevecca Nazarene University athletes use a variety of pre-game rituals and superstitions to prepare mentally for competition. From team traditions to personal routines, these habits help players find focus and a sense of control before stepping onto the pitch. Sports psychologists have long said that performance is as much mental as it is physical. Gary Mack, author of Mind Gym: An Athlete’s ...

Making Christmas Count: How College Students Stretch Their Holiday Budgets

26Nov

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Making Christmas Count: How College Students Stretch Their Holiday Budgets

Lydia Chapman Senior Reporter On a chilly afternoon, Serena Thompson stands in the middle of Walmart, clutching a small Funko Pop in her hands. The fluorescent lights hum overhead, Christmas music plays a little too loudly through the speakers, and she bites her lip as she flips the price tag over one more time. Eight dollars. Clearance. She exhales, relieved. “It’s silly,” she said. “I knew my sister would think it was hilarious. And when you’re a college student, finding a perfect gift that doesn’t break your bank account feels like winning the lottery.” Thompson, a junior IT major, doesn’t have a holiday season filled with big budgets and glossy shopping bags. Instead, she relies on something far more practical: a savings app connected to her bank account. “It pulls...

Trevecca students join poverty simulation to better understand low-income challenges

26Nov

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Trevecca students join poverty simulation to better understand low-income challenges

Alana Mclaughlin Senior Reporter Trevecca students participated in a Poverty Simulation on Monday, Nov. 17, in the Boone Convocation Center to raise awareness about what it’s like to live in a typical low-income family. Around 88 participants assumed the roles of 26 different families facing poverty. The task of the “families” was to provide for basic necessities and shelter during the course of four 15-minute “weeks.” Jamie Casler, director of the Center for Social Justice, served as coordinator for this event. “Part of my responsibility and role as director is to provide experiences for students to experience poverty, so they can empathize with the people that we’re serving in our community,” said Casler. This event, based on the MACA (Missouri Association for ...